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Coconut jam is prepared with various colors such as coffee, orange, pink,... creating visually appealing treats. One of the most favored colors is carrot. Making carrot-colored coconut jam is easy, not difficult to find ingredients, without using artificial colors but still achieving beautiful colors. Let's introduce you to how to make carrot-colored coconut jam so you can make this delicious treat with carrot color for this Tet holiday!
Ingredients for Making Carrot-Colored Coconut Jam
Method for Making Carrot-Colored Coconut Jam
Step 1: After bringing the coconut home, remove the husk and discard the outer gray skin. Then, use a knife or a grater to shred the white coconut into thin, long strands. After grating, rinse the coconut in water about 3 - 4 times to remove some of the coconut oil, so the coconut jam can be preserved longer without becoming rancid.
You peel and wash the carrots, then grate and squeeze the juice, or you can put them in a blender and then strain the juice. For 1 kg of coconut, you need about 1 small bowl of carrot juice.
Step 2: Then, marinate the coconut with the carrot juice for about 20-30 minutes to let the carrot juice soak into the coconut. After 20 minutes, pour the coconut into a colander, drain the water, and discard the carrot juice.
Step 3: Prepare a large bowl, then add the coconut and sugar to the bowl. Then, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, shake well to evenly coat the sugar on all coconut pieces. Let the mixture marinate for 10 hours for the sugar to dissolve, and the coconut pieces turn translucent.
Step 4: Next, take a wide, thick-bottomed cast iron skillet, then pour the mixture of sugar and coconut in. Turn up the heat, when the syrup boils, reduce the heat to low, stir constantly, evenly coating the coconut pieces. When the sugar has dried up and adhered to the coconut pieces, turn off the stove and remove the skillet from the heat. That's considered done.
Let the jam cool completely before putting it into a storage box. Because if the jam is still hot and you put it in a box, the jam will steam.
Closing Words
Making carrot-colored coconut jam is not difficult at all, you don't need to buy food coloring and still get beautiful colors. Follow this carrot-colored coconut jam recipe, using food coloring for beautiful colors but not ensuring food safety. Learn to make other colors of coconut jam so you can collect a variety of colors to decorate for Tet, surely, your coconut jam will be preferred by guests. Wishing you success!
Posted by: Nguyen Do
Keywords: Easy and unique recipe for making delicious carrot-colored coconut jam
